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Are we at a tipping point for digital identity?
In the latest Biometric Update podcast, Joel McConvey and Chris Burt examine changes in the UK and EU alongside established digital ID systems worldwide.
#DigitalIdentity #Biometrics #Podcast
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Moldova is proposing a national facial image registry for police searches. The draft requires lawful grounds to add images and human review of potential matches. Future exchanges with European authorities would require separate legislation.
#FacialRecognition #DigitalIdentity
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Interpol says officers from 11 countries extracted more than 108,000 facial images from jihadist content during Operation Shams II. They produced a dataset of 6,362 unique images and reported identifying 126 terrorism suspects through face recognition.
#FaceRecognition #Counterterrorism
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Which face age-estimation algorithm performs best? NIST’s latest FATE results show the answer changes with age weighting, image resolution, demographics and the threshold used for an age-assurance decision.
#AgeAssurance #FacialAgeEstimation
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ICAO says governments and industry have renewed their commitment to digital identity and contactless border processing. Common standards could help systems work across borders, while trust and oversight remain essential to wider deployment.
#DigitalIdentity #AirTravel
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The FBI says it has cleared a DNA processing backlog that peaked at 1.81 million samples. “Zero backlog” means fewer than 50,000 samples remain pending, its normal monthly processing threshold. The bureau is also seeking funds to expand Rapid DNA.
#DNA #RapidDNA
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You have access. You belong.
As you check in for your first interview and the nerves hit, the badge that gets you through the door is proof of what you have worked to become.
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ID4Africa’s 2027 AGM will focus on the connections that make digital ID systems useful, from technical interoperability to governance and service delivery. The event is set for June 15–18 in Cape Town.
#ID4Africa #DigitalIdentity
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About 906 million people in Africa lived within mobile broadband coverage but did not use mobile internet in 2025, GSMA reports. That usage gap limits access to digital ID and other public services moving online.
#DigitalInclusion #DigitalIdentity
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New EU rules connect cross-border health data exchange to national eIDs and EUDI Wallets. Member states will identify healthcare attributes for patients by March 2028 and issue them to wallets on request by March 2029.
#DigitalIdentity #HealthData
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Ireland plans to let people offer their public services card as ID to banks and other institutions. Those institutions would be allowed to accept it, but not request it. Critics say the change needs a broader debate about national ID and biometric data.
#DigitalIdentity #Ireland
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Revolut is piloting face biometric payments at three Kiss the Hippo cafés in the UK. Customers enroll through the Revolut app, then pay at the new Register terminal without presenting a phone or card.
#BiometricPayments #RetailTech
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Tencent’s Palm X brings palmprint verification to standard smartphone and computer cameras. It supports 1:1 checks and small-scale searches without dedicated infrared hardware.
#PalmBiometrics #IdentityVerification
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BIO-key’s Passkey:YOU has earned FIDO2 Authenticator Level 1 certification. The solution lets employees at shared or restricted workstations unlock a passkey with a fingerprint or registered badge.
#Passkeys #FIDO2
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OVD Kinegram now lets customers choose which data groups its Mobile Chip SDK reads from an identity document. The settings can limit the personal information collected during onboarding and KYC checks.
#DigitalIdentity #DataMinimization
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Apple says Face ID on the iPhone 18 Pro uses additional image data alongside its existing depth and infrared inputs. The new data is processed in the Secure Exclave, but Apple has not confirmed what role it plays in authentication.
#FaceID #Biometrics
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Safaricom Ethiopia and government officials are discussing deeper collaboration on digital public infrastructure. Connectivity and supply chain constraints are among the challenges as Ethiopia expands its Fayda digital ID program.
#DigitalIdentity #DPI
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ICE is planning a $100 million-plus contract for 142 intelligence analysts across its ERO field areas and national centers. Two of those centers use biometric and biographic information to resolve identities and develop enforcement leads.
#Biometrics #ImmigrationEnforcement
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A UNCTAD project trained people in small island states on digital identity for trade and development. An independent evaluation found that 153 participants completed the digital identity course, exceeding its initial target.
#DigitalIdentity #SmallIslandStates
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A $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan includes proposals for 4G connectivity, digital ID, digital government and data centers. Questions remain about how the ID system would work and how residents’ data would be protected.
#DigitalIdentity #DigitalGovernment
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Croatia is considering its mGrađani app for age verification as it prepares for proposed EU child protection rules. The app already lets participating merchants confirm whether a customer is over 18 without sharing personal data.
#AgeAssurance #DigitalIdentity
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